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Sunday, September 17, 2017

Stamp Review Crew: Merry Cafe

Merry Cafe!! Who loves it? Me! Which is a good thing, since I am using it a lot this month 😊 This set covers a whole lot of holidays and occasions, and I can't wait to play. And I can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with 😃

For those who are new to the Stamp Review Crew, here is a little
background. We are an international group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators
that gets together on the first and third Mondays of every month to do a
blog hop. Each hop features a single stamp set to give you loads of
inspiration for that set! The hops are archived at the Stamp Review Crew blog,
and you will be able to click through each hop at any time, going
directly to the posts for that hop whenever you want! And you can click
on the banner of this post to go to the master blog roll for this hop also.

If you are following along in order, you just arrived from Dawn Tidd's blog, who is wonderful in every way!

My first set of projects uses the Spooky Night DSP and the Mini Treat Bag framelits to create a bunch of Witch's Brew treats! I plan to fill them with cocoa packets to give to friends and co-workers. I know a few ladies who would get a kick out of these as birthday favors. I remind you, I am an ER nurse. We are a slightly twisted bunch 😉
Now, these prints are a bit busy, but look pretty good with the black embossed circles to break it up a bit. Doesn't the Garden Trellis embossing folder look a bit like bats in the background?!

I adore these prints, so these are my favorites of the bunch. And true confession.... I hated the print on the right until I used it here. It reminds me of a flannel shirt! I love flannel. It is the perfect layering garment. Layering is important in Minnesota 😊

Let's switch gears and go a bit neon. I don't normally think of neon and tea together, but we'll go with it 😁

I saw a card on Pinterest that had multicolored heat embossing on black, and I decided to try it with Embossing Paste. 💥

Well, first I had to create a stencil with the little cup die. I picked up a pack of stencil blanks cheap at Hobby Lobby a few months ago, so I whipped up the stencil and went to work! After the embossing paste dried, I put the clean stencil back in place and sponged Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst, and Tranquil Tide over the cups. I love how vivid they are!

I did learn that the sponged ink take a long time to dry....I accidentally transferred ink to the circle, but was able to hide it for the most part.

This time, I CASed myself. I had made a similar card with Colorful Seasons, and had to make another one. Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst, and Pumpkin Pie were sponged and stamped in each area after masking with scratch paper and washi tape. It went pretty quickly, and turned out as good as I had hoped 😍😎

OK, enough from me. It is time to hop over the Kelly Kent's blog, and she is sure to blow you away with her talent!

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Oh my gosh, your sponged/stamped card is awesome, and the treat bags are, too (what? ER nurses have a twisted sense of humor?), but the neon on black is simply amazing! I am totally going to share this technique with my stamping friends next time we get together!

What fun techniques you always share! I had not thought of adding ink to embossing paste after it dried - I had always mixed it in before applying it, but I love how the sponging looks, and I now have a ton of ideas to try out! Also, I'm glad you CASEd yourself, because that first card (and now this one) with the stripes are some of my favorite ones you've done!

What a great array of projects, Tanya! Love the neon coffee cups the best but those treat bags and the sponging are pretty awesome, too! I was doing embossing paste projects this weekend with my stamp clubs and forgot to mention the drying time on the ink sponging so one of my card makers had a fun experience when she laid her envelope front on top of her sponged brick wall. It actually turned out to be a pretty cool affect.

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Lake Bemidji, Summer 2006

Tanya Boser

Fall 2016

About Me

I am a Stampin' Up! demonstrator in Bemidji, MN in the US, and an ED nurse in a local hospital. I have been married to the love of my life for over 25 years, have 4 grown children, and 1 handsome little grandson who you may see on this blog now and again :)Stamping is my relaxation, and I would love to share it with YOU!

Creative Crew Member May-Aug 2016

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